Mercenary build
Official Beginner Setup — Sword and Shield
Bellring Games' official starter loadout for the Sword and Shield Mercenary, from the official Discord.
OfficialBeginnerSword and Shield
Bellring Games' recommended beginner setup for the Sword and Shield Mercenary, published in the official Mistfall Hunter Discord. The official loadout selects Shield Dash, Whirling Cut on the skill side, allocates 8 talent points, and flags 5 affixes as the gear priorities to hunt for. Open it in the editor below — skills and talents come pre-filled exactly as published, and any change you make becomes your own shareable link.
Selected skills (2)
The setup selects these on top of the weapon's basic kit — each class's core weapon actions are always available and are not part of the selection.
Shield DashSword and Shield
Dash forward a certain distance with the shield, striking enemies in the path before stopping, dealing Physical Damage. Block attacks from the front while holding the shield. After casting a skill, Movement Speed will be briefly increased. This effect only works while wielding Sword and Shield. This skill can be cast while blocking.
Whirling CutSword and Shield
Dash forward and perform 2 slashes, dealing Physical Damage.
Talent allocation (8 points)
Grouped by the in-game talent rings. Prerequisite chains in the official allocation are complete — the whole set loads legally into the editor.
Weapon Mastery
Sword EdgeLv 2
Sword attacks from skills also grant 1 stack of Sword Tip on hit.
Blade ChargeLv 2
While in the Blade Edge or Strong Edge state, Sword and Shield attacks deal increased damage.
Stacking BladeLv 2
The number of Sword Tip stacks required to enter the Blade Edge and Strong Edge states is reduced to 4.
Shield Dash Enhancement
Rising to the ChallengeLv 5
After successfully blocking during Shield Dash, enemies on hit by this skill are Stunned for a period of time.
Absolute PunishmentLv 5
The last hit of Shield Dash reduces the skill's remaining cooldown when hitting an enemy player.
Whirling Cut Enhancement
FearlessLv 3
The Whirling Cut (Dash) skill becomes available on Sword and Shield. Whirling Cut (Dash): Quickly dash to attack, dealing Physical Damage. Use this skill again within a short time to cast Whirling Cut. Whirling Cut (Dash) has a shorter base cooldown in trio mode.
Whirling EdgeLv 3
Gain 1 stack of Sword Tip on skill hit. While in the Blade Edge or Strong Edge state, this skill deals increased damage.
Iron Will
Indomitable WillLv 9
Stack the Indomitable Will effect when attacked. There is a brief interval between effect triggers.
Key affixes (5)
The gear priorities the official setup calls out. The source lists them without slot assignments, so they are shown the same way here — hunt for them on whatever slots roll them.
Stoic(Defensive) — When Health is below X%, increase Physical Resistance and Magic Resistance. Upon reaching a certain level, when Health is below X%, restore Health. Cooldown: Xs.
Tenacious(Defensive) — Increases Maximum Health. Upon reaching a certain level, increases Healing.
Wrath(Offensive) — When Health is below X%, increase Physical Damage and Magic Damage. Upon reaching a certain level, when Health is below X%, increase Attack.
Valor(Offensive) — Increases Attack. Upon reaching a certain level, also increases Defense Penetration.
Resilience(Defensive) — Reduces the duration of debuffs received. Upon reaching a certain level, suffering a crowd control debuff temporarily increases your Physical Resistance and Magic Resistance. Crowd Control Debuffs: Crowd control debuffs include Stunned, Frozen, Immobilize, and Dodge Distance Reduction.
Outgrown the starter setup? Fork it — change anything, and the link becomes your build.
Open & fork this buildLoadout as published by Bellring Games; validated against game data as of the 2026-08-06 update. Skill, talent and affix text is in-game text © Bellring Games. Affix values are intentionally not tracked — check exact numbers in game.